When it comes to how they spend their free time, why they study and what they envision for their life beyond the classroom, students are trying to pursue happiness. Too often, however, this wrestling does not go far enough.

After losing his daughter to cancer, Richard Wile embraces the kenosis, or self-emptying, of centering prayer.

Men and women of faith believe that Christ walks the waves.  He calls to the winds, and they know his voice.  That’s why life’s dark clouds provoke our prayers.

Today is July 31st, your Feast Day, and here I am writing a letter to you, one of God’s illustrious saints.

Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J., and Father Paul Mueller, S.J., are planetary scientists for the Vatican Observatory based at the pope's summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.